Pastries

🇰🇪Kenya

Mahamri

A coastal Swahili sweet fried dough with cardamom and coconut milk, a daily and street classic

🇰🇲Comoros

Mahorais Samosas

Sambusas

Triangular fried pastries filled with spiced minced meat, fish, or vegetables. A Swahili/Indian snack popular as an afternoon or evening street food.

🇺🇦Ukraine

Makivnyk

Маківник

Makivnyk is a poppy seed roll with yeast dough and sweet poppy filling.

🇯🇴Jordan

Makmoura

مكمورة

Layers of thin dough packed with onion, sumac, olive oil and chicken and baked until the top browns and the onions collapse.

🇱🇸Lesotho

Makoenva

Small, deep-fried sweet fritters made from a yeasted dough with raisins, then rolled in cinnamon sugar while still hot. Served with tea as a treat or snack.

🇨🇿Czech Republic

Makový závin

A Czech poppy seed roll with sweet yeast dough, a festive and daily classic

🇵🇱Poland

Makowiec

Polish poppy seed roll: a yeast dough rolled with a sweet poppy seed filling, raisins, and nuts, baked until golden. A Christmas and Easter tradition, sweet and nutty, a national dessert.

🇵🇹Azores, Portugal

Malasadas

Malasadas is a Portuguese sweet from Azores, shaped as a pastry and finished with its characteristic sugar, nut, or egg filling.

🇬🇷North Aegean, Greece

Malathropita

Μαλάθροπιτα

A Cyprus-and-Dodecanese style pie of thin dough layered with halloumi and dry mint, pan-baked and cut in wedges.

🇲🇾Malaysia

Malaysian Curry Puff

Karipap

Curry puff with potato and chicken filling, flaky pastry, flaky pastry with generous filling and balanced curry flavor, a Malaysian street food staple.

🇵🇷Puerto Rico

Mallorca

Pan de Mallorca

A soft, coiled egg-and-butter roll dusted heavily with icing sugar, split and pressed flat on a griddle, often with ham and cheese inside.

🇪🇸Balearic Islands, Spain

Mallorcan Spiral Pastry

Ensaimada

A spiral-shaped pastry from Mallorca made with pork lard (saim), often filled with cabell d'angel (pumpkin jam) or cream, with flaky, airy layers.

🇮🇳India

Malpua

मालपुआ

Flour batter is fried into syrup-soaked pancakes, often enriched with milk, fennel, or cardamom.

🇲🇹Malta

Maltese Savory Ricotta Pie

Torta tal-irkotta

Torta tal-irkotta is a Maltese savoury ricotta pie in pastry, filled with ricotta, beaten egg, parsley or herbs, and often peas or broad beans.

🇬🇧Manchester, United Kingdom

Manchester Tart

Manchester tart is a pastry case layered with raspberry jam, custard, banana, and coconut.

🇲🇼Malawi

Mandasi

Malawian fried doughnuts made from wheat flour, coconut milk, baking powder, egg, sugar, and cardamom, fried until puffed and golden; a common breakfast and market snack.

🇰🇪Kenya

Mandazi

Mahamri

A Kenyan sweet fried dough, golden and puffy, served with chai, a daily and street classic

🇻🇪Maracaibo, Venezuela

Mandoca

Ring of maize dough enriched with ripe plantain and papelón, deep-fried and eaten hot with butter and white cheese.

🇬🇷Greece

Manitaropita

Μανιταρόπιτα

Wild-mushroom phyllo pie.

🇯🇵Japan

Manjū

饅頭

Manju, the steamed bun with sweet bean filling, is one of the two foundational wagashi forms.

🇮🇲Isle of Man

Manx Fatherless Pie

*Claare Dyn Jishig*, a Good Friday potato-and-shortcrust pie from the 1908 Manx Cookery Book.

🇺🇸United States

Maple Bacon Donut

A glazed doughnut topped with crisp bacon and maple glaze — a brunch-era favorite.

🇺🇸United States

Maple Bar Doughnut

A rectangular raised doughnut topped with maple glaze.

🇺🇸United States

Maple Cream Pie

A New England pie of maple custard or maple cream in a pastry crust.

🇨🇦Quebec, Canada

Maple-Filled Poutines à Trou

Poutines à trou

Quebec 'hole puddings': doughnut-shaped pastries fried and soaked in maple syrup.

🇸🇴Somalia

Maqhumri

A Somali coconut-and-cardamom fried bread eaten at breakfast or tea.

🇺🇸United States

Maraca pie

A Tallahassee, Florida specialty — also called devil's rice pie — of sticky rice pudding and bananas baked in a pastry crust.

🇬🇷Crete, Greece

Marathopites

Μαραθόπιτες

Cretan thin, round, fennel-fried flatbreads, folded and fried, served with cheese. A Cretan specialty, herby and crispy, a meze or snack, a regional and handmade tradition, a wild-fennel pie.

🇺🇸United States

Marionberry Pie

A Pacific Northwest pie made with marionberries — a tart, winey blackberry hybrid.

🇮🇹Rome, Italy

Maritozzo

Roman sweet bun filled with whipped cream.

🇨🇿Mariánské Lázně, Czech Republic

Mariánskolázeňské oplatky

Mariánskolázeňské oplatky is a dessert from Mariánské Lázně, a sweet finish to the local table.

🇺🇸United States

Marlborough pie

A New England colonial pie of apples or quince baked in a custard of cream and eggs.

🇫🇷Hauts-de-France, France

Maroilles Tart

Flamiche au maroilles

Leavened dough tart filled with strong Maroilles cheese from Nord-Pas-de-Calais.

🇲🇭Marshall Islands

Marshall Islands Macadamia Nut Pie

Shredded coconut pressed into a pie shell, filled with macadamia nuts, corn syrup, sugar, and vanilla; topped with coconut whipped cream; one of the dishes TasteAtlas lists for Marshall Islands; a fusion dessert that combines local coconut with macadamia nuts; served at special occasions.

🇮🇳India

Matar Kachori

मटर कचौरी

A North Indian kachori filled with spiced green peas. It is a popular breakfast and tea-time snack.

🇧🇪Geraardsbergen, Belgium

Mattentaart

A Belgian small puff pastry with sweet curd filling from Geraardsbergen, a regional and festive classic